Fly-trap for screen-doors.



W. E. PETTY. FLY TRAP FOR SCREEN DOORS. APPLICATION mtn JUNE 20.1913.

1 371,21 4, Patented July 2, 1918.

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Application filed June 20, 1913 Serial No. 774,921.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VVILLIA M E. Pn'r'rr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pipestone, in the county of Pipestone and have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Traps for Screen-Doors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7 p

This invention comprehends improvements in fly traps for screen doors and the like,and

relates more particularly to those which are adapted to be supported upon the inside of a screen door adjacent its upper edgeso as to;

catch flies endeavoring to enter door.

One of the objects of the invention resides in the provision of a fly trap of this nature which shall be of extremely simple construction, very easy to clean, and which will catch and detain flies as theyenter through open; ings in the door, and which flies that are already within a dwelling.

As a further object, the invention contemplates the provision of a fly trap having a base formed with openings adapted to register with openingsin a screen door,'a body provided with a removable door at one end formed with an entrance opening surrounded by a frusto-conical screen, and a sponge holding element carried by the door.

With these and other objects in view, as

the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, hereinafter described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my inabove the vention, reference is to bejhad to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which, I

Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the trap and a portion of a screen door, and, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the trap and supporting element. a

In the preferred embodiment of invention, I provide a base member 5 which is preferably formed of a longitudinal strip "of 6 and 7 which are seof. A wire netting8 is secured to the longitudinal edges of the base and to the end pieces 6 and 'Zforming' the body of the trap.

will also catch jvided with a handle and arrangement of parts, as will beopenings 9 which register with similar openingp extending through the top bar 11 of a coor.

and project into the body of the trap.

To supportthetrap upon the screen door so that the openings'9 will'registerwith the openings 10, I provide the angularbrackets 12 which extendtr'ansverSely of thebar 11 and which receive the ends ofthe base 5. i

The end piece 7 has its central portion cut away to provide a relatively large circular opening 13 in which is 'remov ably positioned a'door 14formed with an entrance opening 16 trap screen' 17 v projects inwardly from around the opening and prevents the escape of flies therethrough. Stop members 18 are secured .to the inner side of the end piece 7 to prevent the door moving too far inwardly, and pivoted latches 19 secured to the exterior side of the end piece 7 hold the door in proper position. The door is pro- 20 by means of which it surround the inner ends of the openings 9 "may :be pulled from and inserted into the opening 13.

The door has attached to its inner side a sponge holding rod 21 which extends inwardly to a position intermediate the trap screens 11 and which is adapted to support a bait sponge 22 which is moistened by a sweetened liquid. .A brace arm 23 is employed for the purpose of bracing and supporting the rod 21 and is secured rigidly at one end to-the door 14: and is looped at its other end about the member 21, as

clearly .shown in Fig. 1. The rod 21 is secured to the doorl i at one side-of the trap screen 17, and the brace arm 23 is secured to door at the opposite side of the trap screen. The manner in which the trap screen, rod and brace arm door presents a compact and convenient arrangement of parts, and to permit of the parts being thus assembled the rod is of angular formation and the brace arm has its inner end curved in the direction of the rod and attached thereto at a point beyond the trap screen. I

The end conical trapscreen 25. When the trap is in use, flies entering through the openings 9 and 10-will be directed by the Screens 11 into the body Frusto-conical trap screens 11,

The frusto conical are secured to the" I fiisformed with a central en trance opening 24 surrounded bya frusto-' 11b? of thetrap. The entrance 3 -'openings 16 and 24' will permit the flies al 1 11? s io' of h n et i meted y the appended la ms- I Having thus. described my invention, I claimz 7 A fly trap compr si g an el ngat d sembled; It

ready Within the house to find their Way into the trap, being directed therewithin by the sweetened liquid With Which the sponge 22 is saturated. When it desired to empty the trap it is slipped from the brackets 12 and the door 14 removed so that he flies may be dumped from the body of the trap. To prevent flies entering these openings, as when the trap is reiiioved, "I prqvi e a heard 23 which i held,- n p ace oyer the pgeningsio by 'the bracketsflt'.

'Froni the foregoing desCi'iPtiOirtaIien in co nec ipn "wit e "ae empmy e e tem be appare'm a have pr ided an e tr mely 'mp eyp ict a-l, an efli t fi rp Whieh may b Y 'y i heap y enstr i ed, easily cl a d; a dqu k zi .is'to, be understood that "while I h shown mid eset 'edthe pr red embodiment ofiny invention, If'do'not iyi sh to b elin ited to this exact construction, C0111", bination, and arrangementof parts, bntinay, ma e; such. change asjwill fall wi thinthe e d er m m o ptsiacm rin one e f tbebs and ofited w h fl e1 rwej 'e 'e lee a meal ree v c een 'ee cured to the inner side of the door about the opening therein, an angular rod having one 1 end seemed to the inner side of the door at one side of the trap screen and extending inwardly beyond the trap screen, a brace arm secured at one end to the inner side of the door at the opposite side of the trap 7 screen and extending inwardly beyond the trap screen and'having its other end curved in the direction of the rod and attached to the road at a point beyond the trap screen, 3 a rene arrie by the e n ofthe Ito '2;- A fly ra o p si an ongate e r e L Q reme e l o it on d in n end of the body, an angular rod secured t n en o h nne d o h d o ar one Q. :g th eof a ra e we e a n end tdthe' inner side of the door near the pp ed e he eof n hav n t ther ndv se ved in he d re t n oi th at ache et e e a a Poin in s ace r lation to the door, and a sponge carried by the free end of the rod.

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